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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

President Jonathan pictured with members of the National Peace Committee
for 2015 Elections watching the election collation results as they were
being announced at the National Collation center in Abuja today. Notice Dangote there? But he later moved...lol. Another photo after the cut...

The former Vice President wrote a congratulatory message to Buhari which he shared on Facebook. See it below...

My
hearty congratulations to His Excellency, General Muhammadu Buhari, for
being elected the next president of our beloved county, Nigeria. You
have led our party, the All Progressives Congress to an unprecedented
victory within two years of it’s official formation, and in so doing,
written the most important chapter of our democracy.

Former Niger Delta militant Asari Dokubo has denied a tweet being circulated where he purportedly said
that he is a friend of any government in power. That is not his real twitter handle. What he wrote on Facebook above and the controversial tweet after the cut...

The commission will reconvene around 8pm to give us the result for the last state remaining - Borno, but as it stands, it looks like Nigeria now has a new president. Debola Williams and Chude Jideonwo who work with Gen. Buhari claim GEJ has called to congratulate Buhari over the election results.

After PDP party agent Godsday Orubebe created an embarrassing scene at the collation centre in Abuja this morning, trying to disrupt announcement of results (read here) a very calm Jega told him;

"Mr Orubebe, you are a former Minister of the Federal Republic .You
are a statesman in your own right. You should be careful about what you
say or what allegations or accusations you make. Certainly you should be
careful about your public conduct"

Jega's response to Orubebe has been hailed as mature and worthy of praise. In fact, there's a meaning for Jega now. 'Jega' - meaning - 'To be inexplicably chilled in the midst of stupidity or conflict".
lol. Prof Jega's full response after the cut

31 states declared so far. APC has 13,760,747 votes while PDP has 10,866,249 votes. Meaning that APC is ahead of PDP with 2,894,498 votes. Only 5 states remain - Sokoto, Taraba, Borno, Edo and Delta. The
commission took a 10mins recess. Back in a few minutes

For those who missed it, here's the video of former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and PDP party agent Godsday Orubebe attempting to disrupt the announcement of the presidential election results at the collation centre in Abuja this morning as it was about to start. (Read previous story here). He was shouting abusive words at INEC chairman, Prof. Jega. Called him tribalistic, partial, selective and that he has been compromised. His conduct was shameful to say the least. Watch ...

PDP publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh spoke to Channels TV on the outburst of their party agent Elder Godsday Orubebe at the collation center this morning. What he told Chanels TV below

"In a democratic process, we must follow democratic channels. Yesterday we questioned the opposition party about certain things they had done to challenge states. We expect our members to follow the same process as well. This party has a tradition of decency and will follow democratic channels to lay complaints. Ours is to protest and make our voices heard through recognized channels and wait for democratic process to be followed. We directed our members that everyone should conduct himself within democratic norms and principles. That is all we have to say about that." he said

The PDP party agent at the Collation center in Abuja, Elder Godsday Orubebe is
currently staging a protest at the INEC result collation center alleging
that Prof Jega has been compromised. According to him, Professor Jega
has been selective, partial and is tribalistic. He said APC had
written a letter to INEC concerning an alleged rigging in Rivers state
which he immediately sent a committee to investigate the issue but that
when PDP wrote protest letters on the elections in Katsina, Kaduna and
Jigawa, Jega did not send anyone to attend to their protest.

Orubebe, who is a former Minister of Niger Delta, is now calling for Jega to stop result collation. He sat on stage and refused to allow the result announcement to continue...

One of the leading pioneers of the Nigerian advertising industry, Mr. Ifeanyichukwu Sylvester Moemeke, has passed on at the age of 82. He died peacefully in his home on Friday, March 8, 2015.

Mr. Moemeke, aptly described as the ‘father’ of Nigerian advertising, was born on December 28, 1933 at Onicha-Uku, in Aniocha-North LGA of Delta State. He attended schools in Ikot-Ekpene, Lagos and Benin before proceeding to London for his university education.

39 year old actress Tara Reid was photographed at Miami beach over the weekend looking worrying thin. Her bony ribcage and large thigh gap sparked concern among fans but Tara looked like she was having the time of her life and even posted photos of her tiny frame on her instagram page. She's previously laughed off criticism of her figure, claiming she was born with a thin physique. Her body looks way older than her face. More pics after the cut..

The very positive side of social media. LIB reader Kezie Obinna met his woman on Facebook a few years ago and married her on August 16th 2014. The couple wanted to share their story after reading about the couple that met on Twitter and are now married (read here)

Kezie says he thanks the founder of Facebook for giving him the platform to find the love of his life. More photos after the cut...

A number of women, the elderly and children who were locked up by
fleeing terrorists in Gwoza have been freed by troops as cordon and
search along with mopping up operations continue in the town. The freed
hostages some of whom are so weak are being given medical attention
while others are also receiving necessary care pending the arrival and
activities of aid agencies. Some of them are also providing useful
information for the intelligence in aid of troops operations in the
area.

Falola Ajumobi, who was adjudged the Best Graduating student at the
recently held 27th convocation ceremony of the Rivers state University
of Science and Technology, RSUST, says one of the things he had to do to
achieve his academic feat was to distance himself from women. He said he doesn't even shake hands with women. Huh?. Falola, who graduated as a
Petroleum Engineer with a CGPA of 4.82 says he was also very religious while
on campus

"There is no way students of the opposite sex would not have passed
glances at me. But I am a very religious person; I don’t shake hands
with ladies and right from time, they know me for that. So, the only
thing is that we greet from a distance. That does not mean that we do
not crack jokes because that has made them to know me" he told Punch

There I was on my own looking for elections talk on social media, but a certain picture of two lion heads won’t stop coming into my space.
Several celebrities and media personalities have used it on their page from Friday till today. Some of the celebrities are; Sasha, Skales, KEL, Mr May D, Audu Maikori, LilKesh, Tola Odunsi and many more. Trust Nigerians to have linked it to politics.
I guess we will have to fold our hands till 1st of April to see who these lions are and what they are coming with.
Wait oh! April 1st is April fool’s day! This had better not be a joke o!!
You can check out #AprilLions to see things for yourself.
Does anybody have an idea what this could be?

Yesterday, March 30th, Jay Z made history with the launch of his new music streaming service, Tidal, in NYC and many of his A-list friends came out to support him. Kanye West, Rihanna, Usher, Nicki Minaj, J Cole, Madonna, Alicia Keys and many others including his wife Beyonce were there.

Tidal is an
entertainment streaming service and artist hub that delivers
high-fidelity streaming music along with exclusive content, editorial,
experiences and merchandise. Jay acquired the company for $56 Million earlier this year. A lot of music friends will now be streaming/selling their music via this platform. See photos from the event after the cut...

Singer Timi Dakolo and his wife Busola are celebrating their 3rd wedding
anniversary today March 31st, The couple is
blessed with three children.
Timi wrote this to his wife on instagram "'Because its our anniversary ....You are melody in my music and songs
that i sing...So when Forever ends and starts all over Again, You will
remain both my main and side chic.' Happy anniversary to them.

Popular comedian Falz The Bahd Guy
has revealed that he needs help in choosing a perfect outfit for his
much-publicised “Bae”.

Speaking on the PriceCheck Radio
Show where he featured alongside regular hosts Chigul, Mr. Patrick and Andre
Blaze, Falz encouraged listeners to help him choose a stunning outfit for his
special someone by visiting www.pricecheck.com.ng and choosing an
item, after which they should take a screenshot of the item and upload it on
their social media accounts using the hashtag #IAmLookingFor

Buhari Support Group has called on the law enforcement agents to effect
the arrest of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode for saying that PDP had won in 23 states
even when INEC had not announced any results. The group at a press
conference in Abuja yesterday March 30th said Fani-Kayode through his
action breached the electoral law

"We
strongly condemn in its entirety, the recent outburst and blatant
misinformation of the general public by Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode that the
PDP is already leading in 23 states of the federation. This claim is a
total breach of the electoral act and is designed to cause the breach of
peace. Gen. Mohammadu Buhari had repeatedly emphasised to his
supporters to maintain calmness in that face of provocation by the
ruling party.

This is according to her friend, singer Nikki Laoye. There was a report last week that the late singer's grave had been tampered with and her body may have been exhumed and removed from where it was buried so the cemetery could bury someone else there or something like that...can't remember exactly what they wrote, didn't pay much attention to it. But anyway, people who know where she was buried went visiting and slammed the report of her grave missing. Thankfully, her grave is intact.

Singer Zara Gretti, real name Margaret-Mary Joseph died on March 28th 2014 at age 28 after a battle with Multiple Sclerosis. What Nikki
Laoye wrote on her instagram page after the cut...

I think social media is a blessing. Minus connecting with friends and finding out what's going on in your world in real time, it's another place to meet a life partner. Many people have. Here's another couple that did. This lady that goes by the twitter handle @NasB connected with a guy named Daniel Older on Twitter last year and now they are married. Pics from their beautiful wedding above. See how they connected on Twitter last year after the cut. Congrats to them.

The APC in Akwa Ibom State
took to the streets today to protest what they claim is massive rigging in the state. The protest was led by
the APC guber candidate in the State, Umana Okon Umana. They
demanded the cancellation of the election and removal of the State
Resident Electoral Commissioner, Austin Okojie. The protesters
barricaded the state headquarters of the Independent National Electoral
Commission. More photos after the cut...

Khloe Kardashian shared this photo of herself, her boyfriend French Montana, P.Diddy and other friends relaxing at a pool party in Miami, on her instagram page. The photo looks innocent at first until you zoom in like 50cent did and you're like, WTF? Lol. Continue to see what I mean...

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola paying rapt attention to his TV set as INEC announced results of the presidential election today. His official photographer shared the pic on instagram...

The US and UK government have released a joint statement appraising last Saturday's general elections. According to the statement posted on UK's Foreign affairs website here, both government said the elections have largely been peaceful but that there are disturbing indications of political interference in the collation of results. The statement below...

Our governments welcome the largely peaceful vote on 28 March. The Nigerian people have shown a commendable determination to register their vote and choose their leaders.
So far, we have seen no evidence of systemic manipulation of the process. But there are disturbing indications that the collation process - where the votes are finally counted - may be subject to deliberate political interference.

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